GDT: Avalanche-Penguins 7:30PM MDT: Changing of the Guard?

[Soedy]

If anybody wants a good bedtime story, go read the Penguins GDT/Post-game threads. There is one Pens fan who said that "they should've won and that the refs missed five calls on us". I guess he missed the forty minutes of domination we put on them in the 1st and 2nd.

I mean the refs missed like 5 calls on MacKinnon right before the 3-1 goal. And this is just over a span of 15 seconds.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Grubs should have had 2 of the 3 Criesby goals. Not giving up a 3-goal lead to weak goals is the type of thing #1 goalies do. I don't think he's capable of assuming the #1 role just yet. We might need to bring Varls Barkley back for another year or two.

As much flak as Nieto and Calvert get, they are top-end 4th liners and good PKers when used like that. Bednar's issue is that he plays them with our 4th best forward and it forces them to play too many minutes.

Is it too much to ask to have Soda between JTC and Jost? They can still take on a shutdown role, except actually be able to put pucks in.
Then have Kam between Nieto and Calvert as a classic 4th line energy line, keeping the two of the top PKers fresh.

 

[AvsFan29]

Grubs should have had 2 of the 3 Criesby goals. Not giving up a 3-goal lead to weak goals is the type of thing #1 goalies do. I don't think he's capable of assuming the #1 role just yet. We might need to bring Varls Barkley back for another year or two.

As much flak as Nieto and Calvert get, they are top-end 4th liners and good PKers when used like that. Bednar's issue is that he plays them with our 4th best forward and it forces them to play too many minutes.

Is it too much to ask to have Soda between JTC and Jost? They can still take on a shutdown role, except actually be able to put pucks in.
Then have Kam between Nieto and Calvert as a classic 4th line energy line, keeping the two of the top PKers fresh.

Kerfoot has been good as 2c. Jost / Kerfoot / JTC are all centers anyways. Take turns lol

 

[Ceremony]

Our playoff avatars this year should be centered around "One Line Team"

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Just shrink it down to avatar size, and the avatars are ready.

 

[avsfan09]

I mean the refs missed like 5 calls on MacKinnon right before the 3-1 goal. And this is just over a span of 15 seconds.

I dont even think they missed them. Just outright ignored them. Pittsburgh was down. I always feel like refs give the team down alot of breaks.

 

[klozge]

Not feeling comfortable with Grubauer as the backup when I think about the playoffs but all in all it was a good game and another deserved win.

 

[cgf]

Grubs should have had 2 of the 3 Criesby goals. Not giving up a 3-goal lead to weak goals is the type of thing #1 goalies do. I don't think he's capable of assuming the #1 role just yet. We might need to bring Varls Barkley back for another year or two.

As much flak as Nieto and Calvert get, they are top-end 4th liners and good PKers when used like that. Bednar's issue is that he plays them with our 4th best forward and it forces them to play too many minutes.

Is it too much to ask to have Soda between JTC and Jost? They can still take on a shutdown role, except actually be able to put pucks in.
Then have Kam between Nieto and Calvert as a classic 4th line energy line, keeping the two of the top PKers fresh.

He also stepped up in the third to make some big saves that secured the win, after having let the pens back into it. That’s the sort of thing starters also do...especially when they’ve let in a softie previously.

 

[Sea Eagles]

I had 0 doubts we'd beat The Pens. We are far too good.

 

[ArWKo]

I'm willing to cut Grubi some slack, sometimes one of the best players in the history of the game is going to do stuff showing why he's one the best ever. He made some important saves after that bad 6 minutes to keep the Avs in it.

 

[klozge]

I'm willing to cut Grubi some slack, sometimes one of the best players in the history of the game is going to do stuff showing why he's one the best ever. He made some important saves after that bad 6 minutes to keep the Avs in it.

Second goal mustn't happen. First one showed weaknesses as well. What has he done to be in the starter discussion anyway?

 

[Foppa Frossa]

I think it was Keefer that said they should get Modano on for a game, they totally should.

 

[Ivan13]

Second goal mustn't happen. First one showed weaknesses as well. What has he done to be in the starter discussion anyway?

On the 1st goal he was basically shoved into the net. I have no idea what he could've doen differently there. 2nd goal was bad, but he bounced back and stonewalled the Pens on more than a few occasions afterwards.

 

[cgf]

Second goal mustn't happen. First one showed weaknesses as well. What has he done to be in the starter discussion anyway?

Step up bigly in the third to preserve the win after the flukey goals that ended the 2nd?

 

[Grigowski]

First: A really bad call in the end went our way.... Wow. No Icing, No Tripping. Although to our advantage the league needs to adresse this bad refereeing that gets out of control.

Second: Giving away a 3 goal lead...?

Third: Grubauer and his 2 softies! This game shouldn´t have been close at all.

Fourth: Crosby is still one of the best in this league.

 

[RockyMtnRedhawk]

First: A really bad call in the end went our way.... Wow. No Icing, No Tripping. Although to our advantage the league needs to adresse this bad refereeing that gets out of control.

Second: Giving away a 3 goal lead...?

Third: Grubauer and his 2 softies! This game shouldn´t have been close at all.

Fourth: Crosby is still one of the best in this league.

So you took nothing positive from that game from an Avs perspective?

 

[klozge]

Step up bigly in the third to preserve the win after the flukey goals that ended the 2nd?

If that was enough we never had traded for Varly.

 

[Raucherhusten]

Not feeling comfortable with Grubauer as the backup when I think about the playoffs but all in all it was a good game and another deserved win.

So now Grubi is not even a backup? Let's trade for Price and sign Bob and go with that 1-2 punch into next season. Oh, and resign Varly just to park him in the AHL just in case. Would that make you feel better?

Grubi is fine. He hasn't shown yet that he can be our starter but it's tough to find a better backup in the league.

 

[Raucherhusten]

So you took nothing positive from that game from an Avs perspective?

Nope, cause we have to win all the games 10-0 just to please all the ppl. We've won 6 straight and some ppl are still not satisfied - and never will.

 

[klozge]

So now Grubi is not even a backup? Let's trade for Price and sign Bob and go with that 1-2 punch into next season. Oh, and resign Varly just to park him in the AHL just in case. Would that make you feel better?

Grubi is fine. He hasn't shown yet that he can be our starter but it's tough to find a better backup in the league.

I would agree but with Varly's injury problems I'd prefer someone who can stay focused during a complete game.

 

[Raucherhusten]

I would agree but with Varly's injury problems I'd prefer someone who can stay focused during a complete game.

All teams have this issue when their starter goes down. We are living in the cap-world where having two elite starters is simply not possible.

 

[RockyMtnRedhawk]

I would agree but with Varly's injury problems I'd prefer someone who can stay focused during a complete game.

Varly has allowed many goals in his career just like the second one Grubauer allowed last night. The sample size is still too small to know exactly what we have in Grubauer, but I'm perfectly comfortable with him as a backup at this point.

 

[McMetal]

The most satisfying thing about being at that game was shutting up the Pens fans after the Crosby Hattie, they went nuts and were starting to drown us out for a bit.

 

[Muffin]

I feel like Z could've made a better play on the broken stick. Like kick or use your hands to push it to the boards. Strange he just left the puck right there at the blue line.

 

[Grigowski]

So you took nothing positive from that game from an Avs perspective?

Fifth: We won that game and the Rocky-Mountain-Line still delivers.